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Project Number: | I01BX002996-01A2 |
| Title: | Dietary Fat and Alcoholic Liver Disease |
| Principal Investigator: | Craig J. McClain |
| Location: | Louisville, KY |
| Congressional District Code: | 3 |
| Research Service: | Biomedical Laboratory R&D |
| Project Period: | October 2016 - September 2021 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $0 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$695,920 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Alcohol abuse exacts a major toll on health and health costs in Veterans. Indeed, even though there is an "epidemic" of hepatitis C in the U.S., alcohol-related liver injury remains a higher cause of mortality. Studies from the Veterans Administration showed that patients with cirrhosis and superimposed alcoholic hepatitis had > 60% mortality over a four-year period of time, with most of those deaths occurring in the first few months. Thus, the pr... |